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“There was nowhere to hide either. If the military had succeeded they would have opened the borders for ISIS to sweep Turkey. We would have been a target as we are a charity organisation which helps those people they see as their enemies.

“We also had 30 Syrian doctors with us.

Dr Hussein Nagi with Syrian doctors who he trained in Turkey

“We didn’t know what was going on until the morning when we heard people on the streets cheering. We joined them on the streets to celebrate.”

He added: “The atmosphere was unbelievable, it was like a country winning a World Cup. Everyone was hugging and kissing each other.”

Dr Nagi frequently goes to Turkey to train medics who have fled Syria to improve their medical knowledge and help casualties of the brutal conflict.

He is due to go again later this year and on each occasion picks different topics to educate the doctors on.

On the next trip he intends to train them in the use of an Ultrasound machine and is now in need of a device that he can use to carry out the training.

“Each trip costs £15-17,000 which we have to raise and then there is the extra cost of the machine,” he added.

Dr Nagi works at City Hospital in Winson Green

“If anyone has a decommissioned one out there, or one we could buy second hand it would be good if they can get in touch.”

Earlier this year Dr Nagi was left devastated when one of the doctors he worked with was killed in Syria.

Dr Emad Alnesr had been working with Human Appeal and was described by the Birmingham medic as “decent and polite”.